Disobedient Histories in Ancient and Modern Times
Tired of Cold War analysis and history as only war? Disobedient Histories breaks tradition by considering alternative international relations theories from societies in Europe, Africa, and Asia, suggesting the UN’s goals for global peace, prosperity, and dignity are viable.
Dispatches from the Frontlines of Humanity
Using the disappearing art of reportage to analyse some of the most defining issues of our time – namely the global refugee crisis, the conflicts displacing these masses of humanity and their causes ¬– this text provides the oft forgotten human stories behind the suffering.
Divided we stand
In the 1950s, fears of a ‘new Wehrmacht’ clashed with the ambition for European integration, sparking passionate political debates. This book offers an innovative examination of the role non-state actors and political parties played in France and Italy.
Divine Sounds from the Heart—Singing Unfettered in their Own Voices
In a world dominated by male voices, medieval women saints embraced bhakti (devotion) as a form of resistance. They questioned society, family, and relationships, rejecting patriarchal control and finding their own voices by reimagining God as a lover, a husband, and a friend.
A unique comparative study of US & UK politics, blending personal accounts with sharp analysis. It tackles the era’s defining issues, from the Clinton-Obama healthcare debate to the economic crisis, Climategate, and the 2010 UK election.
Doubt, Time and Violence in Philosophical and Cultural Thought
These essays confront the traumas of our postmodern world: loss of identity, media uniformity, violence, and climate change. Distinguished scholars explore these and other fascinating topics from Western and Chinese history to address our shared global concerns.
Dr Johnson would walk to the ends of the earth to save him, yet others rejoiced at his death. How did a beautiful, privileged youth become infamous for causing a lice infestation? A friend to the Enlightenment’s leading figures, he lived life to the full.
Rudolf Virchow, the “Father of Pathology,” viewed life in microscopic detail and from a sweeping public health perspective. This book explores his innovations, his political life, and his fascinating work on race amid the rising anti-Semitism of 19th-century Germany.
Dublin Castle and the Anglo-Irish War
This book examines why the British, with a modern army and vast empire, were unable to suppress an infant Irish insurgency. It probes the operational failures and complex animosities within the British security apparatus to find the answer.
This book invites you on a fascinating journey across three centuries of Europe, with death as your guide. Experts from varying backgrounds—historians, sociologists, doctors, and more—explore the complex phenomena of death and dying across the continent.
This anthology defines the dynamics and policies of prejudice in the historical passage between the modern and contemporary age, and includes interesting chapters on anti-Semitism, the ethnic conflicts of the twentieth century, the Balkans, and gender bias, among other subjects.
The international group of historians represented here focus on several significant groups of minorities who were driven into exile from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. They discuss a broad range of topics, including the religious meaning they accorded to their exile.
How do video games portray history? This volume questions the conceptions of history games embody, focusing on the early modern period (1450-1815). From Age of Empires to Assassin’s Creed, it explores what happens when games encounter early modernity.
East Asia in Transition
Why is prosperous East Asia experiencing worsening confrontations? Old theories fail to explain the region’s puzzles. This book introduces the fresh concept of “culture wars”—conflicts based on the clash between Westernized cultural values and local cultures—to explain it all.
Eastern Indian Ocean
This pioneering study examines commercial and cultural linkages across the Eastern Indian Ocean, from past to present. It shows how reviving ancient connections can stimulate international trade, promote regional cooperation, and shape the India-South East Asia relationship.
Ecclesia et Violentia
This interdisciplinary anthology explores violence and the medieval Church. It examines attacks against clergy, aggression between them, and the role of violence in discipline, revealing how it was integral to the legal culture and social bonds of medieval Europe.
Echoes from the Greek Bronze Age
This book highlights Hecataeus’s work on Herodotus’ ‘known world’, alongside the thoughts of Anaxagoras and Xenophanes. It also presents Simonides’ art of memory, ‘the Loci’, and its influence years later on the heretic Giordano Bruno.
In Belfast, a city of contrasts and resilience, tales of real experience and imagination are woven together. Stories of love, conflict, prejudice, and hope paint a vivid, honest portrait of the diverse people who call this ever-evolving city home.
This anthology examines artwork and sites in East and Southeast Asia through the lens of eco–art history, exploring the mutual impact of artistic expression and local environments. Case studies range from the Little Ice Age to contemporary responses to climate change.
Economic Analyses of Prehistoric Greece
This collection of essays uses economic theory to investigate Greek archaeology, from the Neolithic to the Early Iron Age. Topics include the urbanization of Crete, Bronze Age shipping, the post-Mycenaean population collapse, the Sea Peoples, and piracy.
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